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<p>Charities warn of lack of protection amid health fears for more than 940,000 displaced people living in flood-prone areas</p><p>Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been left in waterlogged and damaged tents after deadly storms at the weekend, while 150,000 new shelters are held outside Gaza awaiting Israeli approval to enter, aid agencies have said.</p

The City of Toronto released its annual Winter Services Plan for people experiencing homelessness on Monday, with the centerpiece being a significant increase in shelter and housing spaces compared to previous years. Warming centres and extended hours at several daytime drop-in centres are also part of the plan as well as more street outreach and […]

Two ministers and the governor of Cairo on Monday opened the capital’s first shelter for stray dogs, a 5,000 sq m site east of the Autostrad road in El Tebbin, south of the city. Manal Awad, minister of local development and environment, Agriculture Minister Alaa Farouk and Cairo Governor Ibrahim Saber toured the facility alongside […]

New disclosures show iPhone maker saved $2.7bn in taxes this year by booking profits in the Asian city-state

Civil Defence reports over 1,500 emergency calls as thousands of tents and shelters destroyed after heavy rains.

Heavy rain floods tents housing displaced Palestinians in Gaza as Israeli restrictions on aid hamper response.

Hundreds of displaced Palestinian families have been seen fleeing camps after they flooded.

Since early Saturday, hundreds of displaced families have been seen fleeing camps in parts of Gaza City and in the central and northern areas of the Strip after they were inundated by rainwater.

The State is drawing up a ₹20,000-crore project pipeline and a series of policy measures to prepare its cities for rising temperatures and erratic rainfall. The plan, which also includes waste reclamation, sewage treatment and digital monitoring of water supply, seeks to build climate resilience across urban local bodies

Fewer than 1 million of the 15.4 million people in need emergency shelter in Sudan have received assistance.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 &mdash; A motorcyclist was killed and another seriously injured when a trailer struck them as they s...

NZTA says it hasn't recently assessed sightlines at the intersection.

Desperate search for survivors enters a second day after a series of Russian attacks on a shelter and former school with bunker-busting bombs as people lined up for aid.

His dislike of two party leaders sparks his attack on two election signs.

A spokesperson for Peel Regional Paramedic Services says police asked them to stage nearby and that they had not taken any patients.

The University of Toronto issued a shelter-in-place order for its Mississauga campus on Monday night, citing reports of police activity at a student residence hall. The safety alert was posted to the university’s website just after 9:30 p.m. Peel Regional Police (PRP) told CityNews the initial 911 call indicated that a person was barricaded inside […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of deliberately targeting civilians as they tried to access humanitarian aid being distributed at a local school.

The federal Office of Refugee Resettlement is supposed to care for migrant children who arrive in the country alone. But new policies are stranding kids in shelters and undermining their mental health.

As colder weather approaches, those who operate homeless shelters in Fredericton are preparing to work with less this year.

Schools in 16 coastal districts are closed, and 17,054 NCC, NSS and Scouts volunteers have been mobilised

The prefectural government has announced draft plans to rebuild the daily lives of affected residents and create disaster-resilient communities.

Writes to RDPR Minister, seeks priority for Bedarapur and Venkataiahna Chathra

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Only about 15% of respondents had a detailed understanding of the preparations needed to shelter at home.

Sudden showers for the past few days have inundated key stretches in the town

Prime Video has slotted an early 2027 release date for Fallout Shelter: The Experiment, its upcoming unscripted competition series inspired by the iconic video game franchise and the Elle Purnell-fronted drama series. The first four episodes will drop on January 13, followed by three episodes weekly through January 27, 2027. You can see the date […]

One major obstacle is a rule barring women from bringing smartphones into shelters, a measure meant to keep abusers from tracking them down.

Kuttichal panchayat comes out against a private dog shelter in which around 200 dogs from the Corporation are being housed

MC Tank Transport said the tank contained glycidyl methacrylate, which it described as 'an industrial chemical used to make certain plastics, paints and coatings perform better.'

A massive chemical leak in Toledo, Ohio, is forcing some people out of their homes while others have been told to shelter in place.

Repeated displacement during three years of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has left shelters across the enclave increasingly damaged, while restrictions and funding shortages are u...